Chile Bathed Fish Grilled In Cornhusks Recipes

STAMP N' GO

Steps:

• Soak rinsed salt cod in milk overnight. Pour off milk, rinse fish again and mince finely. Combine fish with flesh of 2 avocado. Add eggs, flour and pepper sauce.
• Place mixture into large piping bag with 1-inch plain nozzle. Heat clarified butter in large pan over medium-high heat. Pipe small round blobs onto pan into clarified butter. Turn blobs to cook on both sides. Serve piping hot, garnished with remaining avocado, sliced, and breadfruit.
• *Breadfruit is a large fruit with bumpy green skin and a bland cream-colored center, native to the Pacific. It is available at Latin American specialty stores.

PESCADO AL CARBON: GRILLED FISH WITH SALSA FRESCA

Steps:

• Mix tomatoes, onions, cilantro, serrano chiles, extra-virgin olive oil, lime juice, avocados together in a large bowl. Adjust seasonings with salt and freshly ground black pepper. Let the flavors come together at room temperature for about 1 hour.
• Prepare grill and when coals are ready, coat fish fillets with olive oil, salt and fresh pepper and grill about 4 minutes per side (depending on thickness). Plate fish and top with salsa. Serve with grilled vegetables of your choice and rice.

GRILLED CORN WITH CHILE-LIME SALT

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 200 degrees. Finely zest limes onto a parchment-lined baking sheet. Sprinkle 2 teaspoons salt over zest; combine with your hands. Spread mixture into an even layer and bake until dried, about 20 minutes. Let cool completely, then stir in chile powder. Chile-lime salt can be stored in an airtight container at room temperature up to 2 weeks.
• Peel back corn husks toward stem ends; remove silks. Rewrap husks and tie with long pieces of husk or twine. Soak corn in a large bowl of water 30 minutes.
• Preheat grill to medium-high. Grill corn, turning, until steamed through and charred in places, 12 to 15 minutes. To serve, unwrap husks, brush each ear with butter, sprinkle with chile-lime salt, and sprinkle with cheese. Garnish with chopped jalapenos and cilantro.

GRILLED SALMON IN CORN HUSKS

Steps:

• To make the salmon:
• Prepare grill.
• Shuck corn, reserving largest outer husks (about 20 to 24) for wrapping salmon and tearing some remaining husks lengthwise into narrow strips for tying packages. Grill corn on a rack set 5 to 6 inches over glowing coals, turning it frequently, until browned (not blackened) all over, about 12 minutes, and cool to room temperature. Cut kernels from cobs (there will be about 1 3/4 cups) and in a bowl stir together with chipotle rub and butter until combined well.
• On a work surface arrange 5 to 6 large husks side by side, overlapping long sides. Arrange a salmon piece in the center with length parallel to long sides of husks and top with on fourth corn mixture, one fourth epazote, and one fourth scallion. Fold long sides and ends of husks over filling and tie with strips of husks. (Don't be a perfectionist about this. If it's not possible to fold in ends of husks, tie off each end and middle with husk strips.) Make 3 more packages in same manner with remaining husks, corn mixture, epazote, and scallion.
• Grill packages around edges (to avoid hottest part of coals) of a rack set 5 to 6 inches over glowing coals, covered, turning them once, until husks are charred and salmon is just cooked through, about 6 minutes on each side. (Packages may open while cooking, and butter might drip, causing flare-ups.)
• Serve salmon packages with salsa.
• To make the chipotle rub:
• In a small heavy skillet dry-roast oregano over moderate heat, shaking skillet occasionally, until fragrant and beginning to brown, about 2 minutes, and transfer to a small bowl. Cool oregano completely and in an electric coffee/spice grinder grind fine.
• In a heavy skillet heat oil over moderately high heat until hot but not smoking and, using tongs, fry chiles, 1 or 2 at a time, turning them, until puffed and just beginning to brown, about 10 seconds. (Do not let chiles burn or rub will be bitter.) Transfer chiles as fried to paper towels to drain and cool until crisp.
• Wearing rubber gloves, break chiles into pieces and in coffee/spice grinder grind fine in batches. In a food processor grind oregano and chiles with garlic and salt until mixture is a shaggy, saltlike consistency. If mixture seems moist, on a large baking sheet spread it into a thin, even layer and dry in middle of an oven set a lowest temperature until no longer moist, about 1 hour. Wearing rubber gloves, break up any lumps with your fingers. (Chipotle rub keeps in an airtight container, chilled, 6 months. Regrind rub before using.) Makes about 3 1/4 cups.

CORN COOKED IN HUSKS ON THE GRILL WITH CHILE-LIME BUTTER

Steps:

• Pull the husks back from the corn and remove the silks.
• Pull the husks back into place around the corn.
• Soak the ears in warm water for at least 30 minutes.
• For the Chilie-Lime Butter:.
• In a small bowl, whisk together the butter, chilie powder, lime juice, salt and pepper.
• Preheat the grill.
• Remove the corn from the water and pat dry.
• Gently peel the husks back from the corn and brush the corn with the butter.
• Pull the husks back around the corn and tie with a piece of husk or kitchen string to keep the husks around the corn.
• When the grill is hot, place the cobs on the rack and cook until the kernels are tender and lightly browned, about 20 minutes, turning occasionally.
• The outer husks will burn, but the inner layers will protect the corn.
• Remove the husks and serve immediately.
• Pass additional chilie-lime butter.